Psalm 105:1-45 Voice

Psalm 105:1-45 Voice [1] Come, offer thanks to the Eternal; invoke His holy name. Tell other people about the things He has done. [2] Sing songs of praise to Him; tell stories of all His miracles. [3] Revel in His holy name. May the hearts of the people who seek the Eternal celebrate and experience great joy. [4] Seek the Eternal and His power; look to His face constantly. [5] Remember the wonderful things He has done, His miracles and the wise decisions He has made, [6] O children of Abraham, His servant; O children of Jacob, His chosen people! [7] He is the Eternal, our True God; His justice extends to every corner of the earth. [8] He keeps His covenant promises forever and remembers the word He spoke to a thousand generations- [9] The covenant He made with Abraham and His sworn oath to Isaac, his son. [10] Then God confirmed it to Jacob-decreed it so- to Israel He promised a never-ending covenant, [11] Saying, "I will give you the land of Canaan as your part; it will be your inheritance." [12] When God's people were only a few in number- indeed, very few-they were strangers in a foreign land. [13] They roamed from place to place, from one kingdom to another. [14] God didn't allow anyone to tyrannize them; He rebuked kings in order to protect His people: [15] "Do not lay a hand on My anointed people; do not do any harm to My prophets." [16] He ordered famine to grip the land and cut them off from their supply of bread. [17] But long before, He had sent a man ahead of them: Joseph, who had been sold into slavery. [18] At first, his masters shackled his feet with chains, placed his neck into a collar of iron. [19] That was until the Eternal's promises came to pass; His word tested Joseph and proved him worthy. [20] The king sent out the order to release him from prison; the ruler of Egypt liberated him from the chains. [21] Then he put Joseph in charge of the royal household, made him ruler of all the royal possessions, [22] Allowed him to imprison the royal officials whenever he saw fit and impart wisdom to the elders in the land. [23] Then, when the time was right, Israel also went to Egypt; Jacob resided as an alien in the land of Ham. [24] And while they were there, the Eternal made His people prosperous; He made them stronger than their enemies. [25] He turned the Egyptians' hearts against His people to cheat and scheme against His servants. [26] Then, He sent His servant Moses and Aaron, the men He had chosen. [27] They did all the signs He planned for them to do among the Egyptians, and they performed miracles in the land of Ham. [28] He sent darkness to cover the land; they did not stray from His word. [29] At His command, their waters turned to blood; their fish began to die. [30] Throngs of frogs covered the land, invading even in the chambers of their kings. [31] At His command, a swarm of flies arrived, and gnats came over all their land. [32] He caused hail to fall instead of rain; lightning flashed over all their land. [33] He struck their vines and their fig trees; He destroyed the trees over all their land. [34] At His command, locusts came; young locusts marched beyond number, [35] And they ate up all the plants that grew and all the fruits over their land. [36] He also brought death to the firstborn in all their land, the first offspring of each man. [37] Then He brought His people out of slavery, weighed down with silver and gold; and of all His tribes, not one of them stumbled, not one was left behind. [38] Egypt was glad to see them go, for Pharaoh's people had been overcome with fear of them. [39] He spread out a cloud to cover His people and sent a fire to light their way at night. [40] They asked, and He sent them coveys of quail, satisfying their hunger with the food of heaven. [41] He split the rock and water poured out; it flowed like a river through the desert. [42] For He remembered His holy covenant with Abraham, His servant. [43] That's why He rescued His people joyously and why His chosen ones celebrated with shouts and singing. [44] When the time was right, He gave them land from other nations so that they might possess the works of their hands, [45] So that they would be able to keep His commands and obey His laws. Praise the Eternal!

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